My First Piano Adventure, Lesson Book A with CD

by Nancy Faber

Three distinguishing features of the Lesson Book A make it unique and effective for the young 5-6 year old beginner. 1. A strong focus on technique embedded in the book through playful technique games, chants, and carefully-composed pieces that gently lead the child into pianistic motions. 2. An outstanding CD for the young student to listen, sing, tap, and play along with at the piano. The orchestrated songs on the CD feature children singing the lyrics, which has great appeal to the 5-6 year old beginner. The CD becomes a ready-made practice partner that guides the student and parent for all the pieces and activities in the books. 3. The fanciful art features five multi-cultural children who are also learning to play. These friends at the piano introduce basic rhythms, white key names, and a variety of white and black-key songs that span classical, folk, and blues. Young students will listen, sing, create, and play more musically with Nancy and Randall Faber s My First Piano Adventure, Lesson Book A. The Lesson Book introduces directional pre-reading, elementary music theory and technique with engaging songs, games, and creative discovery at the keyboard. Young students will enjoy the multi-cultural "friends at the piano" who introduce white-key names, basic rhythms, and a variety of songs which span classical, folk, and blues. Ear-training and eye-training are also part of the curriculum. The Fabers' instructional theory "ACE" - Analysis, Creativity, and Expression, guides the pedagogy of My First Piano Adventure. Analysis leads to understanding, creativity leads to self-discovery, and expression develops personal artistry. The CD for this book offers a unique listening experience with outstanding orchestrations and vocals. The recordings demonstrate a key principle of the when children listen, sing, tap, and move to their piano music, they play more musically.

Genres: Music

88 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Vashti Canberra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a cute beginner piano book. It's my go to for kids aged 5 and 6.
I always keep a spare copy of the three 'my first piano adventures' books on hand in case the younger kids forget their books, but I also use them for sight reading for the older kids - up to age 8. They say they like how they can learn a really cute song in a lesson and perform it with the Piano Adventures App on my phone. It's helped many kids learn how to keep a steady best and keep going regardless of slip ups.

[Krysti · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these books! I use them all the time with my young students. It is fun for the kids and it's the best beginning book out there! Books A and B come with a CD so my students can practice with the CD at home...great tool.

[Leanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

We're just finishing up with this book with our piano teacher Tasi and we have loved it so much!